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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-06-08
NEWSY GLEANINGS.

THERE are $4,000 American residents in
London.
BosroS sp,nt $4,000 entertaining Queen
Kapiolani
A PLAGUE Of catelpllarS is reported In
South Carolina.
ONE of the attractions in a st. LOUIS oltne
museum is a tattooedpig.
YEARS of tea tasting nave final y mede
blind the wealthiest tea merchant IN tne
world, NJ. Mylokanoff, Russian.
SADIE MOVER, of Lansford. Penn, Is ten
wears old, weighs 1a5 pounds and is taking on
fat at the rate of two pounds week.
THE proposed monument to General K. f!
Lee at Richmond, Va, will not be begun I'M
til fall and the cornerstone will prooaoly pe
laid III October.
IN London the other day the Prince OF
Wales christened the S5,OO0,WH diamond
from the Cape of Good Hope The Imperial"
1t outshnes the Koh-i-noor.
THERE were eight persons iillei by rail
way accidents in England last year, against
six the year before. The injuries stood al
6l5 for iSS8, aga nst 45G for lSS3
THE United States have 10l ,tS4 fishermen
and d. Cos fishing vessels, while Great Britain
was reported to have l2O,0O0 hshermen on
january !, 1887, with 9,G31 vessels.
A MONSTER SHARK, tnlrty-nVe 1eet long,
twenty feet in circumference, and weighing
oyer four TONS. was captured recently i'll
Monterey Bay, off the Pacific coast.
THE winter wheat report from the Depart
ment of Agriculture simply shows shortage
Of from $1,000, 900 to 60,0u0,0O0 bushels in
the territory covered by the Eastern trunk
lines.
The invention of the war cycle, a veloci-
pede that carries ten soldiers, is considered SO
Valuable in England that they are to build
one for twenty-six men: thirteen to work the
cycle and thirteen toride.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-06-08
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC,

,;tS.1 MADAxr PATTI is learning to play on the
GoUNoD is composing cantata to be de-
dicated to the Pope
Mr.. ROBERT BUcHANAS's "Sophia" has
passed its 300th consecutive representation
at the Vaudeville Theatre, London.
MozART's piano and Haydn's baton, more
recently the property of the immortal List,
were willed by him to the city Of Vienna
ACCORDING to the Louisiana Sunday law,
liquor stores, cigar and barber shops must be
closed on that day, but theatres may remain
open. &a
MoDJEsKA will produce a new play. next
season: 1.-THE Witch" an adaptation by Q.
n. Rae, an English dramatist, Of "Die He1e,"
German drama of six years ago.
ANTHEMS were first composed by Hilary,
Bishop Of Poictiers, and St. Ambrose, about
the middle Of the fourth century. They were
introduced into the church service In 3S6.
Mr.. AUGUsT1N DALY's New York company
has been playing with brilliant SUCCESS at the
Boston Museum. There. was immense do
mand for seats for Tanning Of the Shrew."
EDWIN BOOTH met his banner audience a
Indianapolis He played Hamlet there,
Thursday night, May 5, and his receipts were.
S4,770 from an audience Of ,119 persona
Booth was paid s., 500.
THE new Opera House at Odessa, when
completed, will be one Of the grandest In
Europe. It will probably be opened under
the management Of Mr.. Mapleson in tbs
autumn. It has been erected at cost Of
$1,0O0,0O0. -
MADAME JANAUscHEK, the wel-mown
actress, a few nights ago fell down an entire
fight of stairs at her hotel, in Newport,
r. l., and broke an arm, besides sustaining
other injuries. The accident will compel tbs
disbanding Of her company. IA
NEXT October Charles Dickens viii begin
in this country course of public readings
from the works of his father he is about
forty-five years old, with brown hair and
moustache, and of nearly the same height
and build as the elder Dickens, but less pro-
nounced in dress. s.-.@. .t
SAINT.SAENs's Opera, "Henry VIII" was
recently Kissed down at its first performances
at Marseilles. The manager had to ring
down the curtain and announce to those who
were not satisfied that they could have their
money returned at the box-off1ce If they
would leave. A good many Of the malcon-
tents availed themselves Of this opportunity
to get their cash back, and then the perform
ance proceeded peacefully to the end 4 ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-06-08

Chinese laborers will not work in the big
canyon through which the Cascades divis-
ion of the Northern Pacific road runs, be-
cause several Cinnamon have been killed
there. They think that it is inhabited
by devils with strong anti Chinese senti-
ments. Nine Cinnamon were killed there
some time ago by falling trees, and ten
cofins were sent up. This was looked
upon as bad omen by the Chinese, and
they were very uneasy as long as the spare
coffin lay around camp. 1t was not long
till rumpus occurred, and Chinaman
was shot. The Chinese thought that this
death had been brought about in order
that the odd coffin might be filled, and
they concluded to leave the place, and
cannot be induced to go back.
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Foreign.

The vaults OF leading banking house in
the City of Mexico have been robbed Of $780,
000
THE London Times has another installment
Of the series Of articles in which it is trying
to identify Parnell with dynamiters and the
Phoenix Park murders
AT the auction sale Of the French crown
jewels in Paris the famous Regent pearl
brought $4,000.
STRIKES are extending in Belgium, and?a
number of attempts have been made to blow
up buildings with. dynamite. Collisions be-
tween strikers and the military have also oc-
CURED.
MUCH damage has been done in Hungary
by floods
THE proceeds from the nine days auction
sale of the French crown jewels in Paris ag-
gregated 1854, 900 francs about 81 81, 500.
The chief lot, diamond headdress, was sold
in sixteen pieces for $4,000.
A FIRE near st. Petersburg destroyedsi1ty
houses.
A SEPoY shot ten persons at Calcutta, and
afterward committed suicide.
MAzzANTINI, the famous Spanish matadore,
has been seriously wounded by bull at a
bull-fight in Seville
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MILLIONS LOST.

Great Damage Caused in Michigan
BY Forest Fires.
The Michigan forest fires have resulted
in immense losses News from twenty eight
localities indicates diminishing fires.
At Oscers. seven miles from Houghton,
1906 cords of wood were burned and many
wood yard, near the Village, which contained
q, 900 cords, was burned
Gillette's mill. six miles south of Marquette
was surrounded by flames.
Along the line of the Duluth, South Shore
and Atlantic Railroad west of Marquette the
fires are nearly burned out from lack OF fuel.
Several lumber and construction camps are
burned west of Michigamme. Forest fires near
Calumet, Red Jacket and Houghton destroyed
40, 600 cords of woods and 81, 600 cedar ties.
The damage is already estimated at $S,5O0-
O0O, exclusive of to-day fire at Lake Linden.
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South and West.

AT Coowescoowe Court House. Cherokee
Nation, Sarah Field, Delaware Indian wo.
man, has been convicted of infanticide and
sentenced to be hanged August 10.
THOMAS NELSON'S horse Clydesdale killed
his keeper, Mahlon Redmond, in Clarke Coun-
ty, Va Redmond is the third man killed by
the animal.
AT school exhibition in Kerrville, Tenn,
Maggie Longs dress took fire and she was
burned to death The audience rushed out
panic stricken, and many persons were seri-
ously injured.
THE two train robbers Schwartz
and Newton Watt-who murdered the ex-
press messenger Nichols have been sentenced
to Imprisonment for life at Norris, ILL.,
WILLIAM ANDREws;an amateur balloonist,
was making an ascension at Oskaloosa, Iowa,
when his balloon caught fire and the aeronaut
fell 7O0 feet, his body being crushed beyond
recognition.
GRANT BEST, the seventeen-year-old COL
ored boy who killed three of his companions
and wounded two others, has been found
guilty of murder in the first degree at Will
mington, n. &.
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ROBBERY ON THE RAIL.
A Band of Texas FreebootcrS Cap
turc all Express Train.

A Band of Texas Freebootcrs Cap
ture all Express Train.
The north-bound express train on the Mis-
souri, Pacific which left San Antonio, Texas
at o'clock the other evening, encountered
gang of train robbers about 10 o'clock at
McNeill station twelve miles north of Aus
tin. Harry Landa, commercial traveller
who was on the train. says that before
the train reached McNeill the robbers had Sc
cured the station agent and firmly bound
him. As the train slowed up the robbers, to
the number of twelve or fifteen, fired several
volleys to intimidate the passengers. Landa,
hearing the shots, raised his window aud
looked out, when an order was given him to
draw his head back and close the window.
Before he had time to comply he was wound
ed in the arm and badly powder-burned by
shot.
There was considerable confusion aboard
the train, and the passengers lay down on the
floor and crawled under the hunks to escape
flying bullets The train was held up for nearly
half an hour, after which time it was allowed
to proceed The door of the express car was
forced open and about 81, ,0OO was taken. The
messengers were compelled to throw up their
hands, and were ordered to hand over the
cash and registered letters. S. r. Spaul-
ding the railway postal clerk, told the
robbers he had none, as the day line carried
all the registered letters, and was Informed
that they did not care for them Us they were
not utter "Cncle Sans money, but jay
GouldS'
The robbers were in very good humor. and,
after going through the express car, bade
pleasant goodnight and decamped. some OF
the men were not masked, but the one
who gave the orders wore mask anu was
tall and dressed like a cowboy. Express
messenger Nothacker, who was ordered to
turn over the money, handed the robbers
only small amount, and was beaten over
the heal A brakeman was wounded dur
ing the fllsilade Postal Clerk Spaul-
ding says he distinctly heard the order
given by the leader: Don't touch any OF the
passengers and don't shoot any of our own
men, The messenger also says that he be-
lieves the men were green hands in the bust
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LATER NEWS.

JOHN VANDERBURG was arrested at ROCK
ville Mo-, for an outrageous assault upon
Miss Jennie Anderson While the prisoner,
who had been identified by Miss Anderson,
was being examined in Court three shots
rang out and Anderson fell dead. Two Of
Miss Anderson's brothers, who were present,
were arrested.
THE Michigan Senate has passed rigid
high license bill which makes saloonists and
bondsmen liable for injuries resulting from
sale of liquor.
A wIND-sToRM at San Angelo, Texas, blew
down the Court House cupola, unroofed u
dozen dwellings ard injured all the
churches, infiicting damages aggresating over
$4,000.
APPOINTMENTS by the President: Henry
F. Downing, of New York, Consul at st.
Paul de Loando, Portugal; Edward j. Hill,
of North Carolina, Consul at Montevideo
Post,nasters: Ellis Hunter, Brunswick, Gta. ;
Alex D. Ross, Litchield, Mimi; William T.
Marsh, Rich Hill, Mo.
HENRY j. RAMsDELL, a prominent
Washington correspondent, died suddenly
few days since in the National Capital.
THE Derby, England's greatest annual rae
ing event. was won by the colt Merry Hamp-
ton, the Baron, strong favorite, coming in
second. This was Merry Hampton's first
race
A Row-BoAr containing John Thomson,
his wife, mother-in-law and three children
upset in squall at Hamilton, Canada, and
all were drowned
Two hundred Canadian veterans who par
ticipated in the late American civil war are
about to form an organization and if the
regulations will permit they will become
part of the Grand Army of the Republic.
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Washington.

THE Mint Director estimates the production
OF the precious metals in the United States
last year to have been: Gold, $35, ,0OO, ,O0O; sill
yer, $51 ,000,O00 These figures show an in
crease of 81, 200, 900 over the gold production
of 1885, and slight decrease in the silver pro-
duction over the previous year.
THE opening formalities of the National
Drill took place on Monday in Washington.
The city was filled with troops from all parts
of the country, who had come on to partici-
pate in the competitive drill.
THE President has appointed Andrew H.
Dill to be United States Marshal for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
CHARLES NJ. STAFFORD of Brooklyn has
been appointed United States Marshal for the
Eastern District of New York.
THE President has denied the application
for pardon in the case of James J. Stanley,
who was convicted April 18th of fraudulent
registration and sentenced to 20 days i'm
prisonnlent in the Jail at st. Louis.
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Jonas &. Clark, founder and President
of the new Clark University to be estab-
lished at Worcester, Mass, hSs given for
the institution the sum of 81, 900, 900, to
be divided as follows: Three hundred
thousand dollars for the erection and
equipment of buildings; 100000, Me
income of which shall be devoted to the
maintenance of library; $500, 600 for an
endowment fund; real estate, books and
works of art, to the value of $500, 900;
and $500, 900 for professorship endow-
ment fund.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-06-08

A Chicago church that paid its pastor
Sc, 900 year, and let him spend several
months in Europe, paid the assistant pas
tor $500 year and required him to stay
at home and do the work. The assistant
pastor is now crazy as result of pursuit
by his creditors. Commenting on this
the New York american says: "a town
in which things like this happen should,
as soon as it hangs its Anarchists, insti'
tute q search for local causes of an:
archy," p p: On
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-06-08
Shooting at. the Gar.

A few nights ago, while the Car and
Czarina were driving in all open carriage
from ball given by members OF the nobility
at Noyo-T Tcherkask, shot was fired at them
from the crowd on the street.
A great uproar followed. The man who
fired the shot was so maltreated by the people
that he was insensible when the police secured
him. The culprit had in his possession a
bottle of poison, six cartridges, a revolver,
and dagger. He refused to answer ques-
tions
A Vienna paper has received a telegram
from Odessa saying that the Car returned
to st. Petersburg from the Don Cossacks
country three days earlier than he had intend
ed to. This was due to an attempt made by
during the festivities at Nova Tcherkask by
firing at him as he rode by in a carriage.
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A Defaulter for $4,000.

Mercom L. Seguin, manager of the Phila-
delphia Umbrella Company, has left the
Quaker city, leaving deficiency of SS5,00O
in his accounts. Before departing Seguin
made confession to his friend and business
associate. George G. Baker, declaring at the
same time his determination to fly from
the disgrace that must fall upon him
request was that Baker should break the
news to his wife. This the latter reluctantly
did. Mrs. Seguin is almost crazed with grief
Not knowing what to do she closed up her
pretty home yesterday, and with her three
childrent went to her home in Trenton.
Seguins victims are mostly members of his
own family. Stock speculation is the main
cause of his downfall He is only twenty
eight years old.
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CONGRESSMAN SCOTT, of Pennsyl-
vania, says he voted for the interstate
commerce law in order t. give the men
who run railroads on paper an oppor-
tunitv to see how their theories would
work if put in practice. He thinks the
nonsense has gone far enough, and will
vote to repeal the law next winter. He
is likely to have plenty of backing.
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The Mcalae Russe, the official journal
of the Minister of War, gives the effective
forces of the Car on the 1st of January,
1886. According to this account the
Russian regular army numbered at that
time s24, 1852 soldiers and 3O,G55 Gener-
ais and officers. The reserves amounted
to 1,6OO,s15 men. And this without
counting the Finland regiments.
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There is a little railroad running be-.
tween Hillsboro and Chapel Hill, N. c.,
q distance of ten miles. 1t has presi-
dent, three vice-presidents, a secretary,
an auditor, a general traffic manager, a
general freight agent, general ticket
agent, purchasing agent, superintend-
ent of motive power and an assistant
general manager-thirteen officers in all.
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Boston rejoices in the application OF
steam power to boot polishing. In
shop located in the midst of the disciples
of Blackstone has been fitted up an en-
CINE with a complex arrangement OF
straps by which brushes are whiried at a
surprising rate. The customers are seated
on broad bench and are polished OIL In
a very short time.
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Bismarck and Won BIoltke were
tackled the other day by an autograph
fend. Won. Moltke wrote first, saying:
''Luge vergeht Wahrheit besteht, " which
is translated thus: "Lies pass away,
truth lives for aye" Bismarck wrote af-
ter this four lines of German, which have
been put into English as follows:
"In yonder world, full we'll know
Truth will at last the victory gain;
But 'gainst the lies told here below
A marshal e'en will fight in vain"
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The people of Rising Sun, Texas, make
everybody work. Recently family of
idlers prepared their land for planting in
q slipshod manner. They were visited
by crowd of twenty neighbors, who
compelled them to do their work over and
do it we'll. The idlers were then warned
that if they failed to plant or work their
land well in the future they would be
driven from the community, but they
were assured that if they worked as other
people did they would be in no danger.
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Although they have been brought to
high degree of perfs ction, it will be
many years before the telephone and
phonograph will succeed the woman with
a sun bonnet, who lives in the centre OF
the village and inquiries daily over the
backyard fence what the news is.
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Another inventor claims to have settled
the question in regard to the prospective
exhaustion of coal fields; that is, as
claimed, he has perfected an engine IN
which the steam is returned to the boiler
and as is said, "used over and over
again." the saving in coal thus effected
being calculated at $50 per cent"
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4 Set Back for the Panama Canal.

4 Set BACK IOr CIlc L dtIaIItU CaH"h'
Advices from Panama state that in one Of
the largest, longest, and deepest cuts, high up
above the prospective canal work, water has
been struck. The amount of earth and rock
taken out of the section referred
to represents millions of dollars,
and all this work is to-day value
less. as the water has washed from the side of
the mountain more than sufficient to fill all
the cuts On the Isthmus, as in other geo.
logical formations possessing the same charac-
teristics, the purest water is found among the
higher strata, and not in the mud.
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The Presidents Vacation.

The President left Washington on Thursday
evening in special car of the Pennsylvania
road, and proceeded direct to Saranac Lake,
in the Adirondacks, making only the neces-
sary stops on the route. He was accompanied
by Mrs. Cleveland and Col. and Mrs. Lamont,
and expected to return to Washington within
two weeks
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THE Duke of Rutland will not allow gas
anywhere in Belvoir Castle, his ancestral
seat. Lamps are used all over the immense
building and servant who has spent hfty
years in the ducal services occupies his whole
time in filling the bowls and trimming the
wicks
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LIGHTNING struck the house Of Andrew
Pearson, near Independent Hill, Va, the other
day, and killed his two daughters, his five
year-old boy, and Mr.. Luther Wright, who
had taken refuge from the storm: Two other
children were prostrated, but will recover.
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DEATHS From lightning.

James T.. Butler. at Dexter, Mo. Robert
Mccain was paralyzed at the same time, and
four other men We're severely shocked.
Michael. Welch was killed while crossing c
wheat-field at Whitehall. ILL.,
Katherine Williams a colored woman, was
struck dead while gathering kindling wood at
Hillsdale, near Washington, D. Z.
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A writer in medical paper says that
in experiences in Colorado and Utah he
never saw an Indian with cold. He
concludes that it is our hot rooms that
give US colds.
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THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

The thirteen Irish constables who resigned
their Offices because they were compelled to
carry on evictions, and who arrived at New
York recently, have announced their inten-
tion Of becoming citizens of the United
States by fling their application in the Court
Of Common Pleas
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TIE palace Of the Mikado of Japan has
keen lighted for some time by electricity.
and the Edison Company has closed cou-
tract to illuminate the city of Toxic.